Error_messages_for trouble

Rails
1

I am trying so learn how to do custom validations.
The validation works as expected, but I can’t get “error_messages_for”
to display.
How is the name of the object supposed to be formated?
Where is this object created, the model or controller?
What am I doing wrong here?

Model

class MyFolder < ActiveRecord::Base
def validate
# validation test
if name == ‘test’
errors.add(:name, “Folder cannot be named test”)
end
end
end

Controller

class FolderController < ApplicationController
def list
@my_folder = MyFolder.new
end
def create_folder
@my_folder = MyFolder.new(params[:folder])
if @my_folder.save
flash[:notice] = “Folder created sucessfully”
else
flash[:notice] = “Error creating folder”
end
redirect_to :action => “list”, :id => params[:id]
end
end

View

<%= error_messages_for(:my_folder) %>
<%= start_form_tag :action => ‘create_folder’ %>
<%= hidden_field “folder”, “parent_id”, :value => @current_folder.id %>
<%= text_field “folder”, “name”, “size” => 20 %>
<%= submit_tag “New Folder” %>
<%= end_form_tag %>

2

Does anyone know how to do this? I still can’t figure this out.

I am trying so learn how to do custom validations.
The validation works as expected, but I can’t get “error_messages_for”
to display.
How is the name of the object supposed to be formated?
Where is this object created, the model or controller?
What am I doing wrong here?

Model

class MyFolder < ActiveRecord::Base
def validate
# validation test
if name == ‘test’
errors.add(:name, “Folder cannot be named test”)
end
end
end

Controller

class FolderController < ApplicationController
def list
@my_folder = MyFolder.new
end
def create_folder
@my_folder = MyFolder.new(params[:folder])
if @my_folder.save
flash[:notice] = “Folder created sucessfully”
else
flash[:notice] = “Error creating folder”
end
redirect_to :action => “list”, :id => params[:id]
end
end

View

<%= error_messages_for(:my_folder) %>
<%= start_form_tag :action => ‘create_folder’ %>
<%= hidden_field “folder”, “parent_id”, :value => @current_folder.id %>
<%= text_field “folder”, “name”, “size” => 20 %>
<%= submit_tag “New Folder” %>
<%= end_form_tag %>

3

From the documentation examples :
errors.add(“phone_number”, “has invalid format”) unless phone_number =~
/[0-9]*/

have you tried to use “name” instead of :name ?

class MyFolder < ActiveRecord::Base
def validate
# validation test
if name == ‘test’
errors.add(“name”, “Folder cannot be named test”) # name is a
string not a symbol …
end
end
end

jean

4

My problem was I was “redirecting_to”, when I changed to “render”
everything worked like I expected.

Jean H. wrote:

From the documentation examples :
errors.add(“phone_number”, “has invalid format”) unless phone_number =~
/[0-9]*/

have you tried to use “name” instead of :name ?

class MyFolder < ActiveRecord::Base
def validate
# validation test
if name == ‘test’
errors.add(“name”, “Folder cannot be named test”) # name is a
string not a symbol …
end
end
end

jean

5

The problem with using render instead of redirect_to is that it breaks
redirect-on-post.

Try running that page and causing the error. You get the error message,
right? But now try
hitting the reload button. You get the “the page … contained post
data” error from your
browser, right?

That’s because calling render in the case of error just goes straight to
the view rather
than redirecting the browser to the view. So, the post url (the “action”
attribute" of
your form) is left in the browser’s address bar.

Now, there are lots of apps out there that do this, so it’s not the end
of the world. But,
it’s not very user-friendly. And, you can still redirect and get the
errors by saving the
model object or the errors object in the flash. That’s what I did and it
works fine.

Oh, and I’m also writing this based off of what I saw below… missed
the begining of the
thread. So, if I’m completely misunderstanding everything here, just pat
me on the head,
give me a cookie and tell me to run along.

b

6

Thank you for posting your solution. I had the same exact problem,
using redirect_to with error_messages_for

Once I switched to render it fixed my problem as well.

Thanks!

Scott NJ wrote:

My problem was I was “redirecting_to”, when I changed to “render”
everything worked like I expected.

Jean H. wrote:

From the documentation examples :
errors.add(“phone_number”, “has invalid format”) unless phone_number =~
/[0-9]*/

have you tried to use “name” instead of :name ?

class MyFolder < ActiveRecord::Base
def validate
# validation test
if name == ‘test’
errors.add(“name”, “Folder cannot be named test”) # name is a
string not a symbol …
end
end
end

jean

7

Scott NJ wrote:

I am trying so learn how to do custom validations.
The validation works as expected, but I can’t get “error_messages_for”
to display.
How is the name of the object supposed to be formated?
Where is this object created, the model or controller?
What am I doing wrong here?

Model

class MyFolder < ActiveRecord::Base
def validate
# validation test
if name == ‘test’
errors.add(:name, “Folder cannot be named test”)
end
end
end

Controller

class FolderController < ApplicationController
def list
@my_folder = MyFolder.new
end
def create_folder
@my_folder = MyFolder.new(params[:folder])
if @my_folder.save
flash[:notice] = “Folder created sucessfully”
else
flash[:notice] = “Error creating folder”
end
redirect_to :action => “list”, :id => params[:id]
end
end

View

<%= error_messages_for(:my_folder) %>
<%= start_form_tag :action => ‘create_folder’ %>
<%= hidden_field “folder”, “parent_id”, :value => @current_folder.id %>
<%= text_field “folder”, “name”, “size” => 20 %>
<%= submit_tag “New Folder” %>
<%= end_form_tag %>

I had this same problem too when using a ‘redirect_to’. Glad it worked
out for you!. One other thing you may try is to move the ‘redirect_to’
up into your IF statement. That way, when the save works, the user is
sent to ‘list’. On the flip-side, if the save fails, the form
(create_folder) is shown again and the user gets your error messages.